For the second time this season, Utah State is taking a road trip to the south for a matchup with a ranked SEC team. The Aggies may be off to their best start since 2021, but Vanderbilt is a major roadblock to them pulling off their first 4-1 start since 2018. The last trip to SEC-land didn’t go rather well as USU’s game at Texas A&M resulted in the team’s lone loss on the year and by a three-touchdown margin. Here’s all the information you’ll need, basic game info to player availability, quick stats and predictions from Cache Valley Media Group staff. Game Info: Kickoff: 10:45 a.m. (Mountain Time) Location: First Bank Stadium (Nashville, TN) TV Broadcast/Stream: SEC Network Radio: KVNU (102.1 FM, 610 AM), kvnutalk.com, KVNU mobile app KVNU Aggie Gameday pregame show with Stockton Jewkes and J.D. Walker: Begins 9 a.m. on 102.1 FM, 610 AM KVNU Aggie Call Postgame: Starts immediately after Coach Bronco Mendenhall’s post-game comments. Text (435) 554-1175 or call (435) 753-5868 during the pregame or postgame show to give your thoughts and reactions for the game. Availability Report The following is derived from the official availability report released by Utah State prior to the Air Force game as required by the Mountain

This weekend Utah State will either make a booming announcement to the country or find itself licking wounds and looking for ways to regain lost momentum at the end of a matchup with No. 18 Vanderbilt.  Utah State has generated quite a bit of much-needed positive momentum in the early part of its season. Preseason predictions placed the Aggies as a fringe bowl team, at best, with the more pessimistic guesses placing them as one of the 20-30 worst teams in the nation. They’ve climbed up from that floor to a 3-1 record, USU’s best start since the 2021 Mountain West championship season, and many of those metrics that had the Aggies in the bottom 30 now have them as roughly average for the FBS. All of that momentum is now on the line with a buy game against a ranked SEC opponent. Again. This week it’s No. 18 Vanderbilt. Three weeks ago it was then 19th-ranked Texas A&M (who is now ranked ninth in the AP Poll). The Aggies took their lumps in a 44-22 loss against one of the best teams in the country and rebounded to win their first conference game and rout an FCS team. Can